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Mada Masr blocking case
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1 min read
Video | Blocked for 300 days
The Mada Masr team relays what it's like to work as a journalist for a website that's been blocked
Communications and Information Technology Committee
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11 min read
State officials dominate cybercrime bill meeting as 6 more articles approved
Rania al-Abd
| MPs were largely absent from the parliamentary meeting in which 6 articles of the bill were approved
internet surveillance
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23 min read
Parliament in haste to approve cybercrime bill: Ambiguous provisions, loose definitions, legalized web censorship
Rana Mamdouh and Rania al-Abd
| 14 articles of Egypt's cybercrime bill were approved on Tuesday in a whirlwind 2-hour session
communications disruptions
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11 min read
Study: Blocked access to websites, ad redirects and cryptocurrency mining in Egypt traced to Sandvine’s PacketLogic devices
Mohamed Hamama
| Study implicates US company in malicious activity
website blocks
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5 min read
Egyptian government bypasses ISPs to block access to websites: Telecommunications Ministry source
Mohamed Hamama
| The websites block has been carried out through a centralized government decision, according to source
internet surveillance
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11 min read
24 hours later: What we know about the blocking of Mada Masr’s website
Mohamed Hamama
| Where and how we're blocked, whether it could be legal, what the context is, and more
communications disruptions
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22 min read
Infinite eyes in the network: Government escalates attack on secure communication
There is a history of the state breaching private security, but something new may be coming
internet surveillance
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11 min read
Egypt’s new cybercrime bill could send you to prison
Mohamed Hamama
| Under the newly-drafted cybercrime law you may be punished for a number of things you do online, and
campus security
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10 min read
From students to judges, no one’s Facebook is safe
Mai Shams El-Din
| Mansoura University engineering student Abdallah Azmy was studying for his midterm exam a few weeks ago,
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Opinion
Sherif Azer
Twitter suspends more accounts of Egyptian activists
Pro-Mubarak Twitter users tail prominent activist
Wafaa Heikal
Why did Twitter suspend a Reuters journalist’s account in Egypt?
Account blocking, false flagging tactics, internet trolls and hate speech
Nashwa Hussein Aly
Why governments should give Twitter a break about ISIS
More than any other tech company, Twitter seems to be under fire from governments around the world —
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Association for Freedom of Thought and Expression
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7 min read
Report: Internet censorship has become ‘more pervasive’ in past year, 62% of blocked websites are media outlets
internet use
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3 min read
Parliament passes cybercrime law regulating web content and ISP surveillance
website blocks
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4 min read
Court reopens Mada Masr blocked website case for arguments
internet surveillance
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3 min read
Germany cancels cyber training with Egyptian security, fearing rights abuses
freedom of the press
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6 min read
Belahmar blocked, bringing total number of blocked websites to 127
internet surveillance
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6 min read
UAE transfers internet surveillance system bought from French company to Egypt: Télérama
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| Sisi: "Hello Ahmed, listen, what does LOL mean?"
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Cartoon: Can’t or won’t?
Andeel
| Caption: US$100 million for internet surveillanceSisi: "I don't want to give you..."
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